The focus of this study is to explore the contentious issue in the American context. The variety of education programs that have been implemented in the country. The study, therefore, seeks to investigate the effectiveness of the dual immersion programs in teaching English language in the California state. It will exploit the literature on the area as established in the area of focus. Several articles have been studied and the findings present own interpretation as they unfold in the study process. California states is known as one as of the most productive states in the American country.
The programs also prove effective in the out-of-classroom activities for the students can engage in their field events, even with the students from their second language countries. For instance, a student from China may find it easy to communicate with those students from within the American borders without difficulty since he has learned English so well in the dual approach. It has been witnessed in the state as the foreign students engage with the local students in the sporting activities without demanding an interpreter in the arena. Several projects have been undertaken by the students in the international capacity with little or no threats of communication barriers in the fields.
It will be interesting to understand the students' perception on the topic and illustrate the milestones that the government and local authorities have made on the same. At the same time the study looks into the challenges that the implementation stakeholders have experienced in the same process. These challenges may include the ideology that the process requires a rigorous rescheduling of the education process to incorporate the new design of the culture. The new culture in practice may be complicated in the situation where the teacher has to attend to every new student. The approach requires a keen attention to each and every student in the class since the steps require deep understanding of the two languages without misinterpretation.
It is also very costly at the initial stages. It requires the institutions to hire teachers with special abilities to teach using the dual immersion approach in the meantime. The initial resources required in the initial stages may be too costly for the government and the other stakeholders in the vicinity of implementation. The process may further be complicated where the stakeholders are not able to ensure the framework is well understood by all the parties involved
Literature review
Several scholars have shown deep interest in the academic progress of the public schools in the states. Winsler A., et al (2015) argues that the approach has enabled the development of many students based on the academic performance in the California state. It has also ensured the prosperity of the native language aspects. The article is written in a simple language that can be understood with a lot of ease. It is also presented in a manner that can be validated from the peer review concepts. Even though the concepts are well explained, Winsler has not successfully explain how the approach helps to bridge the gap between the first language and the second language learnt by the student.
Gleason T. M., (2014) postulates that the Two-Way immersion programs have had a great impact on the students' development processes in the states. The process strengthens the process of teaching English language among the students as well. It is also kenned that the institution of double way of understanding the language teaching process enhances the development of the student's perspective of understanding the diversity of the language content. His arguments are well explained and illustrated using a variety of examples. He uses a simple language that can be verified by any interested scholar. However, as I tend to concur with the author's view, I do not agree with his argument that the double immersion should totally replace the historical models of teaching in the public schools
Thompson, K. D., et al (2015), in his findings posit that the approach is cost-effective and can be used to enhance the academic performance of the students. The students can learn the content from a dynamic approach without compromising the state of the social background. In the event, he discovered that the students tend to recognize the subject content well when illustrated from the bilingual perspective in the study process. Thompson and his team have provided detailed findings on their study of the issue. His title is very appropriate for this study, it vividly explains the concepts of the study focus in a simple language that can easily be understood. Even then, the literature may have a few loopholes in the educational gaps in this study design.
Vega A et al (2015) explores the effectiveness of giving instructions using the dual immersion technique in the public schools of California state. His article is very effective and appropriate for this study. They use very simple language and outline the initial research design they used to develop their findings. It is a masterpiece in blueprint which can be used by any individual with interest in the education sector. It is, therefore, very effective to use in the study as a literature source. Nevertheless, there is a vague presentation on the concept of how the approach is designed in the schools as compared to previous research findings.
Kim, Y. K., and his team on the other hand, expounds on the historical development of the education system in the United States. They trace the dynamic approach to the myriad achievement and adjustment of the policies of the education sectors. Their literature is a wealth of explanation of the myriad concerns that have faced the education sector. They provide a multitude of explanation using cohort studies. This is a good piece that will enhance our studies on the topic.
Research paper
Introduction
Language is the most important aspect of human communication in the history of mankind. There are several aspects of language that lies in the background of the subjects at interacting. California has over the years been known as one of the states in the US culture that followed the implementation of the dual immersion in the public schools to enhance the learning of the use of English and other various subjects in the curriculum. Several scholars have propounded that the bilingual approach in teaching the English content in the states enhances effective academic performance in the schools as well as the delivery. Moreover, it has been validated that the approach has a myriad advantages over the traditional use of pure English as the only language of communication in the schools as well. Dual immersion is very effective in the public schools of California.
Benefits
The approach enhances the acquisition of the effective use of a second language in the learning institutions. Besides, it also breaks the bonds on the issues of the traditional cultures in the aspects of foreign language use. At the same, the students are set to enjoy the subject content of the subject of an original language that they fully understand. Several minds have argued that the impact of the bilingual approach is very effective in delivering the content. The approach can help in the following sectors.
Academic and Education benefits.
Dual immersion programs in California have developed the deeper understanding of the English content in the public schools. The native students can effectively learn the content of the subject in the classrooms as well as the foreign origins. The remedial process of instilling the content using the dual approach has enabled so many teachers to instill proper skills and curriculum content in the content delivery. Likewise, the use of the more than one language enables the professors and the teachers to ensure that the subject delivery is perfect.
It also bridges the gap between the initial language of the student and the second language learnt. The process of teaching the student the new language becomes a progressive case rather than instantaneous. This helps to avoid the cumulative stress of identifying one's self with the new culture as contemplated in the content structure.
It has also been witnessed that the approach has enhanced the process of instilling the societal morals in the cultural backgrounds of the students in the original states without compromising the initiatives led by the forefathers. In the event of social, moral aspects, the subjects can be taught in the language the students initially understood. Several other language aspects are also taught in the due course of learning. Many scholars assume that this approach is the most effective conservative and ancient-future design in instilling educative morals in the study designs. In the event of handling a native student, the teacher can apply the dual immersion approach to identify the language aspects of the content.
The students can get to learn how to pronounce the English content, at the same time they will learn the punctuation process. Such initiatives has proved effective in the study design is very crucial as well as influential in the development of the learners.
Dual immersion programs can also enhance the development of a unifying code between the existing gaps in the institutes of educational content. Its complexity can be simplified with the approach that it will ensure that the subject content. It is a very effective approach in the content delivery of the subjects. The focus is best suit the approach that the students require a strategy of enhancing their linguistic competence.
Brain development and cognitive skills
The relationship between the basic thinking and being proficient in the two different languages exhibits a positive course. The positive relationships imply that the bilingual proficient students have better cognitive capabilities and as a result can have divergent thinking abilities. Such abilities can help them to solve the various life problems as well as recognizing the various problems in their life progress course. It is also fascinating to realize that the bilingual proficient students can be very talented in their academic prowess. They have the abilities to develop multiple skills and come up with creative ideas in the area of study.
Dual understanding of the languages helps the student to have a flexible approach to the languages. They, therefore, display the ability to learn quickly the other languages as well compared to the ideology of studying one language. Winsler, A., et al (2015), asserts that the approach has helped in triggering the cognitive abilities of the students in learning some other foreign languages besides their native language in the states. In his literature, he also argues that the students whose teachers use the dual immersion approach have shown brighter skills in capturing the content of any other additional language in their careers. These may include the understanding of the basics in the foreign and international music. Their brain performance tends to surpass the capacities of those who use the monolingual approach in their learning processes.
Economical benefits
Studies show that students who have a better proficiency in two languages; bilingual, stands a better chance of expanding the job security base since they can fit in the multicultural contexts. They can present their ideas in both the languages without fearing the interpretation of the receiver. Such a quality improves the confidence level of the candidate and boost their chances job attainment.
At the same time, the skills, expand the scope of the student's communication abilities. They can present themselves to a wider audience without compromising the content of the subject in its original state. This can enable the students to exploit the experience in other cultures and societies in their travelling adventures. In the same way, the approach widens the student's perception on the view of the wider globe from a single point of view. It also helps in the development of ideas of developing the intercultural and international relationships among the peers. The step can open the opportunities for international businesses.
Using the languages and literacy benefits
The development of a character and personality may be traced back to the use of proper language and its code of ethics. Learning through two different languages enhances the learner's ability to interact with highly recognized morals and behaviors. It instills intellectual connection between the gaps in the two languages. Such an approach has always helped in several organizations, while the students link the two differences to develop the most appropriate standards of ethics in the ideology.
Similarly the approach has produced very productive students with very productive skills in the corporate world from and outside the state. It is also estimated that the progress of the programs in the state reveals a conclusive mechanism of enhancing skill development in the country at large. It helps meet the needs of the English learners as well as developing their native languages as well. It is a beautiful approach to instill the abilities in the student's mind, besides the basic skills on the subject's content in the schools.
The state of California has been known for the productive brains produced in the country as a whole. This is a credit that many researchers have owed to the approach given to the education system in the states as well as the flexibility of the various dual immersion practices. The history of the education and literacy may be vested on the foundation upon which the subject teachers lay on the students. It is also true that the student's own career. The path to career identification may be traced to the quality of the linguistic competence among the students. It is the initial language skills that play the most important role in the development of the student's own career path. The various opportunities may be perceived from the teacher's perceptions as added advantages dwelling on the fact that the students have the proper skills on how to sell their own ideas in the corporate world.
There are also several approaches that can be used in the dual immersion program. It is diversified and can be used in the periodic remedial classes as well as inclusion in the main academic program in the schools. Moreover, the authorities can use the various approaches as of the structured English immersion. Others may include the options of incorporating the either a single language or a multiple aspects of the languages.
Generally the approach is perceived to be the most effective approach in the short-term basis as well as in the long run. However, the approach is only effective if the motive behind the concept is legally binding to the constituted approach as outlined in the course of directory statutes by the policy-makers. In the event, the process is misused, it may fuel poor development of the country's identity, language which has been predominantly known to be English.
The appropriateness of the approach can be linked to the educational achievements of the various higher education centers. There has been a myriad opportunities created for the bilingual techniques besides the teaching and the interpretations of the events and functional platforms such as conferences. The government agents have reported a boost in the achievement of the academic purposes in the country's targets. It has also been kenned that the processes of developing and implementing the framework may come with a variety of challenges in the education sectors of the states as well as those of the country.
Moreover, the studies show that the educational approach in the state will promote a lot of cultures in the country's larger economic development if fully implemented as outlined in the strategic plans of the country. In addition to which the stakeholders play a great role in steering the wheel to attainment process. It is in the same spirit that several opportunities might be created by the inclusive approach. Dual immersion can ensure that the student has the best skills that the globe may desire to have in the event of achieving the global educational needs as well.
Education is the only tool which can be used to enhance change in the economic development in any country in the world today. Proper education is one whose foundation is laid on a transformative framework that ensures that the student is an all rounded individual with respect to their cultures as well as the diversity of the global concerns in the economic arena. It is very important to ensure the channel of communication is organized in a manner that will recognize the global trends of education as well. The researchers in the academic field have established that education has a great role in the society and the language used in the process dictate the outcome of the process at large. Language is a very effective tool in communication in any field of humanity and or social being. Imagine a situation where one can perfectly interpret the content of your message and understand.
Conclusion
The dual immersion approach is very effective in the state of California. Historically, it can be linked to the various progresses that the state has endured in the education sector. The shareholders of the various frameworks in the programs should be well informed to enhance the process of effective implementation of the various provisions as stipulated by the multitude ideologist's research findings in the duty of operation.
It is, therefore, very important to investigate the component of the state regulations for the educational prowess while trying to echo the structure of the dual immersion program implementation process in the states. The approach has so many advantages and benefits as opposed to the single-approach techniques.
References
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Vega, A. (2015). Effectiveness of dual language immersion instruction: a comparison of student academic achievement (Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Stanislaus).
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